The 4/20 marijuana rally is an anachronism, as buying and smoking marijuana is now legal in Denver, albeit the smoking part must be in private. Isn’t it time the marijuana activists give the rest of us a break from their insistent noise? Their need of media attention is beginning to seem like a request for free advertising rather than reasonable laws.

Nancy Stocker, Denver

This letter was published in the Feb. 28 edition.

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“The 4/20 marijuana rally is an anachronism, as buying and smoking
marijuana is now legal in Denver, albeit the smoking part must be in
private. Isn’t it time the marijuana activists give the rest of us a
break from their insistent noise? Their need of media attention is
beginning to seem like a request for free advertising rather than
reasonable laws.”
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“Give someone an inch……and they’ll want a mile.”

According to a story in The Denver Post…….marijuana smoke contains carcinogens……and may be as long-term harmful to the average pothead as cigarettes are.

And THAT raises an interesting……legal liability……question or questions.

(1) Do those who sell marijuana to be smoked…..label their product the way tobacco companies do?

(2) Tobacco companies have been SUED for the “health hazards” their product causes. And, of course, the tobacco companies #1 defense is “Hey, did you read the labels that have been on our product for the last 40 – 50 years????”

(3) Is there any chance of people…….suing……en masse……in a class action lawsuit……10, 20, 30 years from now……those who manufacture, distribute, and sell…..a “legal” product that caused “health problems”……and WHAT????……Exactly…….would the Marijuana Industries defense be????

But getting back to the 4/20 potheads:

The potheads got what they wanted…….including the legal right to get lung cancer and heart disease…….just like their tobacco counterparts do…….which raises the obvious health issue……..that, like tobacco-related diseases/cancers…….may wreck financial havoc on the economic feasibility of Obamacare……..which can only succeed if certain activities that are KNOWN to be High-Cost-Health-Risks can be curtailed, reduced, and eliminated…….instead of being promoted because potheads just want to get high……on the “health care” of everyone else’s dime.

Potheads got the legal right to grow, buy, possess, and use pot…….all they want to……in the privacy of their own home…..or in the privacy of someone else’s home who allows such a filthy and stinking habit to be done (just as with tobacco cigarettes)……..but they INSIST on some non-existent right to gather en masse and light up and smoke……..to celebrate their continual steps on, as a group (as with cigarettes), of dying of lung cancer and heart disease sooner than the non-potheads.

What these potheads are doing is like gathering 10,000 people together in a park to eat……en masse…..triple-bacon-cheeseburgers, XXL fries, and drink an entire 2-litre bottle of sugary soda…..each.

It may be “legal” and they may think they have the “right” to do so……..but it is still incredibly stupid…….for the health reasons.

#2 Comment By Robtf777 On February 27, 2014 @ 5:34 pm

According to a story in The Denver Post…….marijuana smoke
contains carcinogens……and may be as long-term harmful to the average
pothead as cigarettes are.

And THAT raises an interesting……legal liability……question or questions.

(1) Do those who sell marijuana to be smoked…..label their product the way tobacco companies do?

(2) Tobacco companies have been SUED for the “health hazards” their
product causes. And, of course, the tobacco companies #1 defense is
“Hey, did you read the labels that have been on our product for the last
40 – 50 years????”

(3) Is there any chance of people…….suing……en masse……in a
class action lawsuit……10, 20, 30 years from now……those who
manufacture, distribute, and sell…..a “legal” product that caused
“health problems”……and WHAT????……Exactly…….would the
Marijuana Industries defense be????

#3 Comment By Robtf777 On February 27, 2014 @ 6:32 pm

Should we pray for a nice warm sunny day…….or for a drenching downpour?

What might help Colorado and Denver the most that day????? Sunny skies……or a LOT of rain?

Hmmmm.

#4 Comment By tomfromthenews On February 28, 2014 @ 7:16 am

No, I guess it’s not “necessary”. But neither is Oktoberfest.

#5 Comment By bleeth On February 28, 2014 @ 8:00 am

Ms. Stocker,

It won’t be over until the feds take marijuana off the schedule 1 it’s currently on.

Marijuana is not a dangerous narcotic. Everyone knows that and the feds must acknowledge it.

BTW, there are plenty of subjects I grow weary of. I simply don’t read about them. Maybe you should should try that particular stragedy?

#6 Comment By bleeth On February 28, 2014 @ 8:03 am

Do you prohibitionists even realize that it’s not necessary to smoke it anymore? Weather is not a concern to those of us in the know.

Keep preaching ignorance, dinosaur. The death knell is sounding loudly for your kind.

#7 Comment By bleeth On February 28, 2014 @ 8:05 am

We voted to regulate and tax marijuana like alcohol.

All the beer hounds must purchase a permit to drink openly in public for their “fests” as it’s illegal to consume alcohol in public.

We voted to regulate and tax marijuana like alcohol. What part of that don’t you understand?

#8 Comment By bleeth On February 28, 2014 @ 8:06 am

Better seal the hatch on that bunker tight or the sweet smell of freedom might offend.

#9 Comment By peterpi On February 28, 2014 @ 1:18 pm

Robtf doesn’t like alcohol either.
In fact, because alcohol is legal and regulated, he thinks the state and federal governments can be sued by people harmed by the acts of drunk people.

#10 Comment By Papa Smurf On February 28, 2014 @ 5:49 pm

“…there are plenty of subjects I grow weary of.”

“The use of prepositions with which to end sentences is a practice up with we shall not put!” — Sir Winston Churchill

#11 Comment By peterpi On February 28, 2014 @ 6:20 pm

OK, Mr. Strunk or White, what’s the proper order for bleeth’s sentence?